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Meaning of the nameAmadeu

Amadeu is a masculine name from the Latin Amadeus, which joins amō, 'to love', and deus, 'God', and means 'love of God'.

Meaning

“love of God”

Source: Behind the Name: Amadeus

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People (2022)
12,273
Rank in Brazil
#1,483
Median age
58 years
2010 Census
15,147
people

Amadeu in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Amadeu, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (2,659 people).

45 women 12,228 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Amadeu is most common

States with the highest share of people named Amadeu in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Piauí 0.011%
  2. Paraná 0.010%
  3. Amazonas 0.010%
  4. Pará 0.007%
  5. Bahia 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,9630.007%
Paraná1,1650.010%
Minas Gerais1,0960.005%
Bahia1,0030.007%
Rio de Janeiro6260.004%
Pará6010.007%
Ceará5520.006%
Rio Grande do Sul5060.005%
Santa Catarina4310.006%
Amazonas4030.010%
Pernambuco3730.004%
Goiás3470.005%
Piauí3430.011%
Maranhão3230.005%
Paraíba2570.007%
Mato Grosso1780.005%
Espírito Santo1740.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1670.006%
Distrito Federal1500.005%
Rio Grande do Norte1290.004%
Alagoas1290.004%
Rondônia1110.007%
Amapá720.010%
Tocantins600.004%
Acre420.005%
Sergipe400.002%
Roraima320.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Amadeu

Wiktionary treats Amadeu as a learned borrowing from the Latin Amadeus, formed from the verb amō, 'to love', and deus, 'god'. Behind the Name gives Amadeus the meaning 'love of God' and records Amadeu as the Portuguese, Galician and Catalan form of the name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,273 people named Amadeu, with a median age of 58. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Amadeu · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Amadeus · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Amadeus · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Amadeu · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Amadeu · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Amadeu

What does the name Amadeu mean?

Amadeu means “love of God”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Amadeu in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,273 people with the first name Amadeu, which ranks it number 1,483 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Amadeu a boy's or a girl's name?

Amadeu is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 45 women and 12,228 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Amadeu?

Amadeu is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Amadeu most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.011% of the state's population is named Amadeu (343 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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